MBA, CPA with 11+ progressive governmental and non-profit [grant] accounting experience and 7+ years supervisor experience. 2.5+ years Healthcare accounting experience.
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Jimmie Kinder
Ketchikan,AK
Summary
Overview
11
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Ketchikan Indian Community
CFO
01.2023 - 12.2023
Job overview
- 10 mos, 10 staff
- Coordinated & Created Organization's FY24 $50M budget. Created budgetary controls and related recordkeeping systems. Directed investment management.
- Responsible for all Tribal Health Clinic IHS & 3PR Reporting.
- Successfully prepared organization for annual audit, with the results being an unmodified opinion with 1 finding.
- Discovered & Corrected material pension plan contribution payroll recording and reconciling error [$2M] due to a third-party payroll provider transition error [PayCom].
- Successfully negotiated the FY23 Indirect Rate Cost Agreement.
- Resigned due to differences in how to apply GAAP [Generally Accepted Accounting Principles]
Kewa Pueblo Health Corporation
CFO
05.2022 - 01.2023
Job overview
- 8 mos, 47 staff
- Successfully prepared $35M Organization for its FY22 outside audit. Resulting opinion was unmodified with seven (7) findings.
- Responsible for all Health Clinic IHS & 3PR reporting.
- Successfully coordinated and Prepared FY23 Budgets with revenue forecast.
- Performed the accounting forensic analysis of FY21 necessary to document material payroll misappropriations by key personnel [prior CEO, COO & CFO]. Successfully recovered misappropriated funds through legal and insurance.
- Successfully negotiated the current year FY23 Indirect Cost Agreement.
- Resigned to accept lucrative job offer from Ketchikan Indian Community
Red Power Consulting
Owner
10.2019 - 04.2022
Job overview
- 2yy 6 mo
- Free-Lance CFO/Grant & Accounting Consultant
- Successfully reconciled engagement customers' books for financial and grant reporting purposes.
- Filed necessary reports where needed.
- Experienced lag in work, so took a job with Kewa Pueblo as their CFO.
Elem Indian Colony
Accounting Supervisor
02.2019 - 07.2019
Job overview
- 5 mos, 1 staff's
- Responsible for full-charge bookkeeping and general ledger reconciliation with a monthly-reporting and yearly-closing basis.
- Successfully provided financial information needed for $1M bank loan approval for Colony.
- Responsible for running payroll through ADP on a bi-weekly basis, paying taxes and filing quarterly 941's.
- Resigned over disagreement with Management over GAAP [Generally Accepted Accounting Principles]
Redwoods Rural Health Center
CFO
11.2017 - 12.2018
Job overview
- 1yy 1mo, 3 staff
- Responsible for full-charge monthly-cycle financial reporting and year-end close with outside audit at a $20M FQHC.
- Successfully prepared organization for annual outside audit. Result was an unmodified opinion with no findings.
- Successfully filed annual HRSA UDS report and annual Medicare Cost Report
- Successfully file 3 Form 5500's.
- Terminated for getting a DUI.
BBNA
Comptroller
05.2015 - 09.2016
Job overview
- 1 yy, 4mo, 6 staff
- Responsible for full-charge monthly-cycle financial reporting and year-end close with outside audit at a $30M Tribal Consortium composed of 30 Alaskan native villages
- Successfully prepared organization for annual outside audit. Result was an unmodified opinion with no findings.
- Performed the accounting forensic analysis necessary to discover why BBNA was losing $2M per year and successfully corrected situation by doing necessary billing and recognizing s receivable.
- Resigned to extreme remoteness of job and health reasons.
Pit River Tribe
CFO
07.2014 - 05.2015
Job overview
- 10 mo, 4 staff
- Responsible for full-charge monthly-cycle financial reporting and year-end close with outside audit at a $12M Tribal government.
- Successfully prepared organization for annual outside audit. Result was an unmodified opinion with no findings.
- Managed 110 + grants, keeping grant drawdowns and reporting up-to-date.
- Left due to lucrative job offer by Bristol Bay Native Association [BBNA]
Yurok Tribe
General Ledger Acountant
03.2011 - 03.2014
Job overview
- 3 yy, 5 staff
- Reviewed and approved all journal entries by AR (2), AP (2) and payroll (1) staff on a daily and bi-weekly basis, as applicable.
- Responsible for the monthly reconciliation of all general ledger accounts for all entities [Yurok Tribe, Pem Mey Fuel Mart, Klamath Jet Boats, Riverside RV Park, YEDC [Yurok Economic Development Corporation].
- Insured that all revenue, expense and inventory booking were in on time and correct.
- Generated monthly financial statements for all Tribal business entities
- Prepared Organization from annual outside audit by successfully reconciling the general ledger.
- Left the Yurok Tribe due to unstable work environment.
Burr, Pilger & Meyer LLC
Audit Associate
06.2006 - 01.2007
Job overview
- Handled Cash and AR reconciliation proofs and sampling.
- Participated in the quarterly multi-currency financial statement consolidation of international reporting units into parent company consolidated report.
- Participated in on-site audits by reviewing and confirming acceptability of sampled transactions.
- Left because I need=ed to go home and take care of my father.
Education
University of GeorgiaAthens, GA
BS from Microbiology
University Overview
SFSUSF, CA
Master of Science from Accounting
01.2007
University Overview
- 3.71GPA
- Thesis: The Impact of Discretionary Accruals on Accounting-Based Bankruptcy Prediction Ratios.
- Professional Development: Double-major in Accounting and Finance
Skills
- Very adaptive and extremely computer literate [can learn new programs easily] High attention to detail and able to work long hours when necessary A constructive team leader with a can-do attitude High level of professional integrity and ownership
- Cash Flow Management
- Performance Metrics Analysis
- Accounting Principles
- Financial Reporting
- Budget Development
- Quantitative Analysis
- Operational Management
- Fiscal Management
- Documentation Compliance
- Corporate Leadership
- Program Leadership
- Reporting Skills
- Regulatory Requirements
- Audit Coordination
- Reporting Expertise
- Risk Management
- Financial Administration
- Infrastructure Development
- Business Forecasting
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Operational Decision Making
- Accounting Principles Understanding
- Accounting principles
- Reporting expertise
- Operational decision making
- Strategic planning
- Infrastructure development
- Staff Management
- Business Development
- Negotiation
- Financial administration
- Quantitative analysis
- Documentation requirements
Certification
- CPA-California, 130613, Active, 07/2016, 09/2025
- Passed CFA level 1 exam
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
- Dean’s List 10 Consecutive Quarters
- Golden Key Society
- Daniel B. Goldberg Scholarship to Minorities in Finance
- Soldier of the Quarter, 17th Support Division, Korea
Programs
Programs
Great Plains [MS Dynamics, MIP/Abila, Quickbooks, Excel, MS Suite, Prosystems Tax, SSCS [a merchant /POS accounting system]. Currently getting certified in Python and SQL.
Other Experience
Other Experience
Union carpenter in SF, CA; Commercial fisherman in Bering Sea, Alaska; US Army.Affiliations
Affiliations
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Spanish
Spanish
Read/write/speak adequate for business.
Additional Information
Additional Information
Regularly exercise, hike, and volunteer.
Availability
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Timeline
CFO
Ketchikan Indian Community
01.2023 - 12.2023
CFO
Kewa Pueblo Health Corporation
05.2022 - 01.2023
Owner
Red Power Consulting
10.2019 - 04.2022
Accounting Supervisor
Elem Indian Colony
02.2019 - 07.2019
CFO
Redwoods Rural Health Center
11.2017 - 12.2018
Comptroller
BBNA
05.2015 - 09.2016
CFO
Pit River Tribe
07.2014 - 05.2015
General Ledger Acountant
Yurok Tribe
03.2011 - 03.2014
Audit Associate
Burr, Pilger & Meyer LLC
06.2006 - 01.2007
University of Georgia
BS from Microbiology
SFSU
Master of Science from Accounting
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